Windshield
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The windshield or windscreen of an aircraft, car, bus, motorbike, truck, train, boat or streetcar is the front window, which provides visibility while protecting occupants from the elements. Modern wi
Panoramic (wrap-around) windshield on a 1959 Edsel Corsair
Split and raked windshield on a 1952 DeSoto. Note the panes of glass are flat.
The laminated glass in Vice President Richard Nixon's vehicle was nearly breached by a hostile crowd in Caracas in 1958
Automobile windshield displaying "spiderweb" cracking typical of laminated safety glass
Windscreen wiper
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A windscreen wiper or windshield wiper is a device used to remove rain, snow, ice, washer fluid, water, or other debris from a vehicle's front window. Almost all motor vehicles, including cars, trucks
Windshield
…Brooklands) was popular among older sports and modern cars in vintage style. A wiperless windshield is a windshield that uses a mechanism other than wipers to remove snow and rain from the windshield. The concept car Acura TL features a wiperless windshield using a series of jet nozzles in the cowl to blow…
Windscreen wiper on a parked car. In this common design, the force from the arm is distributed evenly with a series of linkages known as a whippletree.
A common windscreen wiper arm and blade
Patent illustration of 'window cleaner' by GEORGE J. CAPEWELL, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
Apjohn's 1903 window cleaning apparatus design